Fock states in a cyclically pumped one-atom maser

Authors
Brattke, S Englert, BG Varcoe, BTH Walther, H
Citation
S. Brattke et al., Fock states in a cyclically pumped one-atom maser, J MOD OPT, 47(14-15), 2000, pp. 2857-2867
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
ISSN journal
09500340 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
14-15
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2857 - 2867
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(200011)47:14-15<2857:FSIACP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
States with a definite, and known, photon number-Fock states-can be prepare d in a one-atom maser by conditioning the photon state to the results of st ate-selective atom detection. This requires a cyclic pump scheme in which l ong periods of relaxation separate short periods of pumping. The theoretica l analysis presented here is in very good agreement with the experimental d ata reported recently.